Do You Consider Your Siblings Friends?

Yes I believe that siblings can be friends. One reason is the definition of a friend is someone you spend time with and care about.So a sibling you have probably spend a lot of time with and create a stronger bond and build trust within that relationship.In witch that happens a friendship starts to build and that happens when you start to grow up with your sibling thought out you childhood. Genarly siblings are not the same age and usually there is a older sibling.Also the older sibling usually takes leadership and teaches the little sibling life skills like what to do and what not to do.The older siblings are also very protective of the little sibling for example if any harmful behavior to the little sibling then the older sibling will step in and protect the little sibling.(K.Lee) In sibling bonds sometimes they have similar thoughts or a sibling likes the other person interests and then they have something to create a stronger bond with each other.(K.Lee) So I believe that siblings can be friends because they can share common interests. Another last point friendships can be with anyone. "Mother, Sara, and the Baby." Family in Society: Essential Primary Sources, edited by K. Lee Lerner, et al., Gale, 2006, pp. 172-175. Opposing Viewpoints in Context, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/CX2688300076/OVIC?u=j246909044&sid=OVIC&xid=0c9d1890. Accessed 3 Dec. 2018.

In “Do You Consider Your siblings Friends?” By Kaitlyn Greenidge, I can relate to multiple things. My older brother and I are very close. Frankly, he is one of the best friends I have. As Kaitlyn wrote, “The summer of this road trip, I had just finished my junior year of high school and I was slowly coming to the realization... that I was separate from my family”(Greenidge, 2018, para. 2). She talks about how her siblings are growing up and conquering the next chapter in their lives, moving out. I can relate to this in a way because I am currently a junior in high school and my brother is going to be 19. Now, this doesn’t mean he is going to move out anytime soon. I think it still might be a while to be honest, but I get the jist of where she is at. Kaitlyn also recited, “...I would return to laugh and talk with my sisters while my mother drove, only murmuring a disapproving “Girls … ” when our laughter got too loud”(Greenidge, 2018, para. 4). She talked about the continuous laughter and jokes she shared with her sisters. Sometimes it would get so out of hand that their mother would have to remind them to quiet down. This brings so many fond memories of my brother and I. There is never a day where we do not laugh or joke around. It is a common recurrence to get a “Settle down!” from our mom. Although, there was never a time our mother thought we were too problematic together. We are always respectful and our mom thinks it is good that we are so close. I am too.

My siblings and I are not friends. We are brother and sisters. We share a bond that is more than just friends we are family, no matter how much we may get on each others nerves we will always be there for each other. We really have no choice, we are family, and that's what families do.

I would consider my younger brother and I friends, but we do argue a lot, more than some siblings. We get in trouble a lot for arguing over pointless things but we get over it. We like to play games together all the time and we can make it very enjoyable and it’s fun. I have a very short temper with him but that doesn’t stop me from having fun with him and playing with him. We have so many inside jokes that no one else will understand and it always gives us something to laugh about. We have each other’s backs most of the time which is a good thing to know. My brother and I don’t get along much, but when we do I would consider him my friend and I will have him there for me my whole life.

Being the only child at home is great. Growing up I had two sisters so now that they are out of the house it's just me and my parents, their is no fighting and arguing and I get to do whatever I want, so it's great!

I would consider my siblings my friends. I have three siblings, two older, and one younger. They are all my best friends. I consider them this because a friend is there till the end. In my younger days of fighting with them my parents would get us together and tell us that all we have is each other when they are gone. It´s true. When we get older, or even now, I know i can count on them for anything, I can even tell then anything and trust them completely. That´s what friends are.

I personally consider my siblings as my best friends. My siblings understand me more than anyone, they know what I like, dislike. My siblings are around for everything they understand everything I go through because they are there for it. My parents encourage me to hang out with my friends more than my siblings because I spend a lot of time with my brothers. Not that its a bad thing just that they would rather me have friends and be close with my siblings.

In the essay "Do You Consider Your Siblings Friends?" by Ms. Greendige she does talk about the "language all its own." I believe everyone has that in their life. Every single person communicates with someone else in a specific way. When most people think of language on its own they probably think verbs and adjectives but from using context clues from the essay you can see that language on its own is having some type of a bond with someone that you don't share with anyone else. Do you speak to your mother or father the same way as you do with your siblings? Most likely not. It may not be the same for everyone. You probably don't think it is a real thing but it is.

i only have 1 sibling, my older sister. i don't find my sister as a friend but sometimes i do. most of the time my sister is not in a good mood. if she is in a good mood we joke around and make each other smile. most of the time i don't consider my family a friend. i think that friend are people not in your family. i see it as a ranking system family is the highest and friend is the lowest

I can relate with the article because i am very close with my sister, she is who i tell everything too. From sharing secrets with her, to having inside jokes with her just like Kaitlyn Greenidge did with her sisters when she said ¨a single word - ¨mango,¨donkey¨. I can relate to that because that is how we are.

First of all the author did an amazing job at showing the bright side of a close sibling relationship but there are many negatives. Some things I personally would just rather say to friends other than family. I am very close to my sister and we have a average relationship and she is still my sister. I still love her with all my heart.

The essay Greenidge wrote can be related to my relationship with my younger brother. We both have to stick together to get through tough times, just like Kaitlyn did when her parents were getting divorced, having financial distress, and enduring a long-lasting custody battle. They were able to stick together in order to get through the tough times. We had to do the same thing when our grandmother passed away, and we were able to cheer each other up during this sad time. The essay only depicts positive relationships siblings have. Siblings can be very competitive with each other. My brother and I compete against each other to get the best grades, and it can be stressful when he s doing better than I am. I do not believe that siblings are friends, Siblings have a stronger bond than friends because your siblings are your family. Friends can come and go over time, but your family will always be there for you no matter what. I am thankful for my brother, and the impacts that he has created on my life.

I have a lot of inside jokes with my friends in band. For instance. we have one joke where another member of the band said "That wasn't five minutes." after one of our breaks and our band director thought a girl said it when it was really a guy. Now every time our band director says that the break is over we whisper to each other that wasn't five minutes and we all start laughing. That reminds me of when Ms. Greenidge said "It was a glorious place to be, with a language all its own. A single word — “mango,” “donkey” — said with the correct inflection could make us all dissolve into hysterical laughter" . There are definitely a lot more inside jokes in the marching band but that is the easiest one to explain.

My family is the most important part of my life. We spend as much time as possible together and always enjoy the company we give each other. I am blessed to have an older brother who is my best friend. He’s five years older than me and attends college at NCState. Whenever we are together, we are always adventuring and finding new things to do. When he left for college, it was a huge change in my family that caused a hole in my life. After a few months of sulking without his presence, I realized that we didn’t need to spend everyday together to keep our bond. We are extremely similar people and will always be close even if we don’t live in the same town. He is my best friend and always will be.

The passage really captures my relationship with my sister Jessica. Reading this made me realize the value of our close friendship, and how we only have a couple years left before college. Similarly to the Greenidge sisters, we could "people-watch" for hours. We love to sit in public places and observe our environment together. Also, Jess and I laugh and talk enough to get on my mom's nerves in a matter of minutes. However, unlike the author's mother, our mom encourages us to spend time together because we can drift away from our family at times. Jess and I will always come back to each other though, because no friend could replace a sister. Jess is the only person that I can be crazy and weird around, and we always connect through our similar personalities. "A single word — 'mango,' 'donkey' — said with the correct inflection could make us all dissolve into hysterical laughter," Greenidge wrote. Jessica and I share so many moments like this, all defined by a single word: "chicken," "Jana," "goji." These words might seem random and meaningless to anyone else, but it's "a language all its own." Replying to the article title, I'd say siblings are special types of friends. You can choose your friends, but not your family, and that's what makes it interesting. I was lucky enough to be this close with Jess, and that's what gives us a stronger relationship than friends.

I am blessed to have an older brother and sister who I get to call my best friends. When we were younger we would fight,wrestle, and bicker just like another other set of siblings. But as time passed and we all matured, I am best friends with them both. My brother left for college and when he left, it drew my sister and I closer. I strongly relate to Kaitlyn Greenidge when she writes in her essay that siblings have a secret language which is similar to inside jokes or stories that only you would understand if you were in the situation. I also agree when she write that she had the fear of being the only child in the house because soon I will be the only child since my siblings will be off at college. My sister, who is two years older than me, treats me like I am one of the girls. I get to hang out with her and her friends when they all get together. Everyone assumes we are twins since we look and act so much alike.I cannot imagine my life when I am the only child and do not want to think of the future of moving her into college and leaving her behind. Being together so much will cause making goodbye so hard when she goes off to college. Which is why I understand why the mother in the essay makes them do activities apart from each other. Being apart will help them be social and have more friends who aren’t blood related. My sister and I have always done sports apart because of the age difference but that never stopped us from being best friends.

My two siblings are the best friends I will ever have. My parents have always encouraged us to purse similar hobbies, so we bond over running 5ks or playing duets on the piano. In this article, I relate to sharing a language of our own with my siblings, we use hand signals to tell each other to do things like be quiet or to change the music. I have experienced sibling relationships both similar to and different from the one described in the article. My younger brother and I behave very similarly to the siblings in the article, we could be fighting one minute and be laughing the next. My older brother and I are very different from the siblings in the article, we do not fight often and we bond over music and books. Having a sibling is like having a built in best friend, you know they will always support you and be there for you, and I am very thankful for mine.

A sibling has the potential to be a life long best friend, and different siblings can be closer than others, but overall I think it is common and important to siblings to have each others back, and be there for each other. Siblings know each other better than anyone will, and have always been with each other. They are like best friends that will always be together, and will always look out for one another. So in the end yes I do believe that siblings are friends, I think that they certainly should be, and they should be very close friends.

The thing I relate to most in this essay is the desire to want to spend time with your siblings. I have two younger siblings that I love being around, and I love being their older sister. I have enjoyed watching them grow up and become creative and funny individuals. My little sister will eventually be the only child in the house. I am about to graduate and my little brother is two years older than her. I was an only child for 9 years and I love living with siblings so much better. It could be dangerous to spend too much time with your siblings and family because it becomes hard to imagine life without them and especially harder to actually live without them. Your siblings should be your friends, because they will always be there for you. Having a relationship with your siblings where you are more than just family is really powerful and is a feeling everyone should get to experience.

My relationship with my siblings is very valuable to me because we've all gone through tough times or been able create amazing memories alongside each other. I can relate in Kaitlyn Greeninge's essay about having our own sort of language because with my younger brother, we have specific words that have a special meaning behind it and when we say it, only my brother and I know what it truly means to us. I have two brothers and we all get along well which makes me realize how much I value our relationship. We're all best friends and even though we might disagree at times, we don't let it get to our heads that much. We love and care for each other and it makes me glad that we have such an amazing bond.

To me, my brothers are closer to me than anybody else in the world. I am always with my brothers, and when one of us is away from the rest of us, it affects how everybody feels. My brother just left for college, and his absence has been felt immensely throughout the house. Siblings know each others quirks, and funny habits which makes it difficult to be away from siblings that you are very close to. For reasons previously stated, I think that siblings are a special type of friend. Friends can come and go in life. You can always make new friends, and you can always lose friends. Siblings however, will always be related to you through blood, and they cannot deny that they are part of your family. When you fight with a brother or a sister, you are angry at them, but will, in most cases, always make up and be as close as ever. In friendships however, you can never tell if you will make up with the person that you are arguing with. Another thing that makes siblings so much more profound is that you are truly yourself around your family, whereas when you are with friends, you can be fake or act in ways that you don't think are right just to fit in. With siblings, you don't have to worry about fitting in because you are part of the group, and were born into the group. Siblings are a form of friends, but the word friendship doesn't come close to describing the invaluable bond between siblings.

As someone who has three brothers I can proudly say that they are my friends. Growing up with three brothers wasn't easy but I looked up to them. Whatever music they listened to, I listened to. Whatever clothes they were wearing, I wanted to have them. As the only girl it can get frustrating at times. They tend to be overprotective of me but that shows that they care. We can sit around the table and joke around. We laugh until our faces turned red, we had veins popping out, and when we were out of breath. My brothers and I are vey dysfunctional but that is what makes it fun. We could go anywhere and it make it something to remember. Like making puns at the grocery store, dancing to the markets music, pretending to be characters from Star Wars and having a lightsaber battle, and everything in between. I could and would never ever replace them.

I consider my sister one of my best friends; although we are very different, we always manage to make eachother laugh and have a good time when we are together. Something that I could relate to in the article was that Kaitlyn and her sisters could say just one word and everyone would burst out laughing. My sister and I have a ton of inside jokes, so she or I can bring up a funny situation that happened in our past and we can continue to laugh at it. Many of these memories were made at family get-togethers where we we would come up with all sorts of crazy ways to entertain ourselves while the adults cooked and talked. As we get older we don’t have as much free time to spend together, but we always take a few minutes each night to sit in the kitchen and eat snacks while we tell each other about what is going on in our lives.

Siblings are made by your parents when they add another to the family so then from that moment you have a new brother or sister. Siblings is a term that means a child that has the same parents as you. Friendship is relationship or bond that is made from years of hanging out with people and building trusts and feelings of friendship. That type of trusts and relationship comes from playing and hanging with your siblings and knowing that they always have your back no matter what. Siblings are family members but friends are people you love and trust so that being said the whole family is my friend.

I have one sibling and he isn't only my brother, but my friend too. I consider friends as those who I share a common interest with, people who I can trust, hang out with, and am able to be myself around. My brother and I are both three-sport athletes and I think this is why we get along so well. This year has been a huge change for me, considering he went off to college, and I'm still trying to adapt. We constantly went to the gym together or played basketball in the backyard. Not only did he help me excel in sports, but also academics too. I remember this one time when I was struggling with a particular concept in math, he stopped doing his homework to work with me for an hour or so. He gave me notes and practice problems until I felt confident on the topic. As soon as he got his license he would always drive me to and from practices or even to get ice cream. My relationship with my brother differs from others because we rarely get into fights. We would always try to go to each other's sports game when we could and cheer each other on. Though, after most games, he would nag me about how I played and push me to play better the next game. I am so happy we have the relationship we do and would do nothing to change it.

Growing up in a household of five children, there's one thing I learned; we are able to choose who our friends are but can't choose who our siblings are. Although my siblings become tedious at times, we still are family. We were feed by the same hard laboring mother and lived under the same indefatigable hands that worked 8 hour shifts a day. It seems odd to people to consider their siblings as friends(I as well) but the truth is we are. We played amongst with each other for years, played soccer in the back lawn in the long summer days with pink lemonade and cookies as a break and having competitions to see who can touch the sky with the swings or the fastest down the slide. my friends and I have much in common, same interests, beliefs, values and humor. My siblings, however, are specialized in other sort of arts and activities. we are different in so many ways, if we weren't family I would probably never bothered to get to know them or seen them. as a family, we go through tough situations and through my 16 years of life i would gladly say my siblings aren't just friends nor family but my best friends.

I love my family. I have a close bond with them and I always can count on them to like me. I have moved lots of times, but since I have two brothers and a sister, I can always hang out with them if I haven't made any friends yet. I have always spent more time with my family than with my friends. We have words and phrases that we say to get people laughing, and that can show how close we are to each other. We always try to eat dinner together, and i think that is important. We talk about our days, and have fun. I am glad that I have a bond with my family.

I consider my siblings my friends, they were my first friends. The bond that my siblings and I share is stronger than any other friendship. The memories that I’ve made with my siblings are full of laughter and jokes. We share inside jokes and we understand eachother like no other. I’m so grateful for the bond with my siblings. I can’t imagine being the only child.

I can relate to the author, Kaitlyn Greenidge, because this year is the first that I am the only sibling living at home. It was also a very terrifying prospect for me because me and my brother are very close. I consider him my best friend as well as my brother. Since he has left for college, it has made me realize how much I miss him and what a huge impact he has on my life and my happiness.

My relation with my siblings is that I would consider them very good friends. We still manage to be friends even though she is 26 and I am 15. We both share our love for video games which allows us to bond and stay friends. Even though me and my sister have had lots of arguments about each other we still manage to make up and be friends again. But I do not think that you have to be friends with your siblings if they keep betraying you or just telling lies it is perfectly okay to cut them out of your life. Just because they may be family is not an excuse for them to wrong you. But as only child living in a house with just parents makes it very boring since I have no one to talk about stuff I like except my school friends. This makes me wish for a anothing sibling to be here.

A friendship could come a long way from a girlfriend too family members. I personally believe your family members who you grew up with such as, cousins, brothers, etc.. They're you're best friends growing up finding yourself and seeing if you fit in or if you don't basically saying figuring yourself out. It's just a thin line between blood and water. Water you can easily dissolve blood is family it's in you and stuck with you. Don't confuse friends with family blood is thicker than water in my eyes but to those who don't get along with their families or personally don't have anyone don't let a snakes eyes fool you the new snakes are your friends and family at times keep your eyes open lol . Anyway, My lil brothers are my life I'll die for them so yes I do look at them as brothers/friends they could come to me with anything and like a friend I will not neglect it I'll accept and help. Family is your first friends.

I consider my younger brother one of my best friends. Him and I have grown up laughing, learning and creating memories together. Our bond is similar to the bond portrayed in Kaitlyn Greenidge’s essay. He’s my little brother that acts like a big brother; he has my back in any situation, despite him being three years younger than me. I am incredibly grateful to have such a strong relationship with him and it is something I will never take for granted. Of course, we aren’t perfect together; we have our fair share of arguments, as any siblings do. Regardless of any disagreements we have, the connection grows stronger every day with the millions of inside jokes and funny moments we share. Even when we go our separate ways, whether it’s staying over a friends house or going on a school trip, we find ourselves FaceTiming each other at some point. I am nearly 17 years old and within the upcoming years I will be leaving my brother to go off to college, a time I have dread since I was only in middle school. A friendship with a sibling contains much more than a friendship with someone you’ve met growing up. There is always that special bond that will never dissipate. If you are fortunate enough to establish a bond, you have yourself a friend for life.

I am fortunate enough to have three younger siblings. We have a language all our own too, and it consists of side eyes and secret jokes and, of course, those words that bring back memories so strong it's impossible to stop from laughing. Because we all grew up so close in age, we could actually be friends. I love making time so that me and my sister can go to the mall, or so that me and my brother can go on a run or play video games. Unlike Ms Greenidge's mother, mine absolutely encouraged a strong sibling relationship. There's four of us, so of course we have common interests. If one person wanted to try a sport, the desire passed from one of us to another like an infection, and my mother would fully support it. Because of this, I've participated in soccer, baseball, swim, gymnastics, tennis, basketball, cross country, track, and even tae kwon do. All four of us have black belts in the art! Reading Ms Greenidge's essay, I felt like I'd opened an old book whose papers were worn thin with use. It was familiar, enjoyable. I love stories about siblings because they remind me of my own, and I'm so thankful that I have them. Yes we fight, and we have days where we can't stand each other, but in the end, we have to stick together. These are the people I've known the longest- we know each other better than most of our friends know us. I wouldn't change that for anything. That's why I chose to comment on Ms Greenidge's essay- it made me reflect on how lucky I am to have my siblings.

I am sad to say that my sibling is not my friends, as much as I wish I could say he is. I am 16 years of age and he is 18. Me and my brother have never really had that bonding relationship where he looked out for me as the an older brother should to his younger sibling. Instead, he often beat me up to an extent that was not "brotherly fighting", and cussing me out of the room just because he didn't want me there. I look around at my friends and their siblings, and to be honest it makes me jealous that I don't have that sibling that is there for me when I need him. Judging on this passage by Shannon Doyne, it is clear that the both of them have always had that sibling bond, which is a great thing. Being able to call your sibling a brother or sister as well as a friend should not be taken for granted, because in a lot of cases like mine, people may not have that shoulder to lean on.

I don't consider my siblings friends because we share a deeper bond than friendship. Although I enjoy spending time with them, as I do my friends, we share a relationship built off of love rather than mutual liking. Like Kaitlyn, the writer of the essay, I am very close to my siblings; I usually prefer to spend time with them rather than with my friends. Throughout the essay, Kaitlyn described the relationship that she had with her sister's throughout high school. She writes about her mother driving her and her sisters: "Every Saturday morning...we [would] all run errands together...I would...laugh and talk with my sisters while my mother drove." This is something that I do with my own mother and sisters on Saturday mornings and during the Summer when we go grocery shopping, to the mall, or to a restaurant. I love to joke around with my sisters during these frequent car rides. Unlike with my friends, I am not at all concerned that my siblings will judge me because I know them so well. Being closer to my siblings than I am to my friends can be beneficial by creating a bond of love and trust, but it can also present consequences. Kaitlyn explains that in all her memories and experiences, her and her siblings did not exist apart from one another. As someone who is also the youngest in their family, the same holds true for me. Unfortunately, such a closeness with my siblings sometimes makes me choose to spend time with them rather than trying to make new friends.

My relationship with my sisters is pretty much the exact same thing as portrayed in the author’s retelling. Obviously the only difference between my stories and experiences and hers is that, I’m the only boy and that I am also the middle child rather than the youngest. I do believe that sibling relationships are very different than just a regular friendship (if you are lucky enough to have a positive relationship with your siblings of course) because you are around each other, every, single, day. As well as the fact that you experience each sibling’s development through your own eyes, you know each sibling’s personality ike the back of your hand and the genetic connection automatically differentiates this type of relationship from a friendship. While my sisters and I aren’t hanging around each other day in and day out, and of course we fight, but when everything falls into place the experience holds a magic that you cannot get out of a friendship. In my opinion the familial connection and relationship completely outweighs any friendship because of how fortunate I am to have a mostly functional family dynamic. No family is perfect and no friendship is either, but a friendship within your family can come pretty close to perfection.

I come from a big family, made up of seven kids, so a family three day road trip from Texas to Massachusetts this summer you would think would be disaster. However, unlike in the essay it went smoothly and was so much fun. Just like in the essay, I grew up always surrounded by my siblings, and was never alone. I grew especially close to one of my older sister; we did everything together. However this summer we packed up our bags and moved from big city Austin to small town Danvers. Now our house is down three people due to college, one of those kids being my closest sister. Not knowing anyone in the town meant I spent all my time with my little sisters. Therefore, growing closer to my two little sisters. I consider my siblings my closet friends who I can rely on, no matter where they are, and are always ready to have fun.

i feel as my siblings are my friends because we live together so we might as well get along and yes we have fights just like all good friendships we fight and then we make up and we go about our day as a family and If they really consider you a friend and or family they will all ways be there for you in all your lows and you probably will be there to help them through their lows